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Guaguancó (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwaɣwaŋˈko]) is a sub-genre of Cuban rumba, a complex rhythmic music and dance style. The traditional line-up consists of:
Other instruments may be used on occasion, for example spoons, palitos (wooden sticks striking the side of the drum) or guagua (kind of woodblock).
Some historians have suggested that the guaguanco may be derived from the yuka, a secular dance of the Bantu people. It became distinct from other forms of rumba, such as yambu and Columbia, in the mid-19th century. Usually danced by a male-female couple, it represents a flirtatious, sexual game and includes a distinctive body movement called vacunao (pelvic thrust) performed by the male dancer (also found in other African-based dances from Latin America).
During a number, dancers, lead vocal and quinto interact in a complex manner: